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MIRROR.

No. 441,600. Patented Nov. 25, 1890.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

NELSON STREETER, OF GROTON, NE\V YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOS. N. RICHARDSON, OF JERSEY CITY, NElV JERSEY.

MIRROR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 441,600, dated November 25, 1890.

Application filed June 25, 1890- i To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NELSON R. STREETER, of Groton, in the county of Tompkins and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mirrors; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being hadto the accompanyingdrawings,wl1ich form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in mirrors; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of parts fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to produce a mirror which is composed, essentially, of two turning or swinging mirrors which can be turned at such relative angles that a person can stand between them on either side of the frame and see both sides or the front and back of himself, and which glasses can be turned parallel with the width of the frame and moved to the center back to back.

Figure 1 is a front view of a mirror embodying my invention, the frame being broken away to show the spring-catch and the hinges. Fig. 2 is a plan View showing the mirrors moved outward ready to be turned, the mirrors being shown turned in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a plan view showing the mirrors folded back to back. Fig. lis a detail perspective of one of the hinges.

The main frame A is provided with the top crossbar B and the lower cross-bar O. Mov ing in grooves or Ways D, formed in opposite sides of the lower cross-bar, are the blocks E,

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mirror-frames H at the center thereof are the hinges I, which consist of a horizontal plate J, that is fastened to the mirror-frames, the pivots L, and the circular flanges N, both of which extend laterally from the said horizontal plate and in opposite directions, as

shown in Fig. 4. The pivots of the lower hinges extend into the plates, which are secured to the blocks E, and the pivots of the upper hinges extend in the ways formed in the upper cross-bar. Extending from the upper and lower inner corners of the frame A are the headed pins or projections P, the heads of which engage with the circular flanges formed upon the plates, and which look the mirror-frames to the end pieces of the frame A, when they are moved outward to the limit of their movement and then turned at an angle.

Projecting upward from the upper edge of the mirror-frames are the plates R, which engage the notches formed in the spring-actuated plates and hold the mirror-frames at the proper angle. These plates also engage the outer sides of the depending plates or projections S and serve to guide the mirrorframes as they are moved back and forth in the frame A.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The operator standing to the right of the frame at Fig. 3 and taking hold of the mirror-frame next to him with the left hand and reaching around the end of the frame A, takes hold of the back mirror-frame with the right hand, and then by drawing with the right hand and pushing with the left .the mirror-frames are moved to the posi-.

tion shown in solid lines in Fig. 2, which brings the hinges under the headed pins, and then the mirrors can be turned in either direction, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, which turning movement causes the circular flanges of the hinge to catch back of the head of the said pins, and thus lock the mirror-frames to the end pieces of the frame A as they are being turned. The mirror-frames are then held at the desired angle by means of the notched spring-actuated plates.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. In a mirror, the'combination, with a sup- ICO porting-frame having horizontal 'ays,of two mirrors sliding and turning therein, and a hinge composed of two detachable parts, one part secured to the mirrors and one to the supporting-frame, whereby the said mirrorframes can be detachably hinged to the supporting-frame, substantially as described.

2. In a mirror, the combination, with a supporting-frame having horizontal ways, of two mirrors having pivots I and semicircular flanges, and headed pins upon the supportingv frame which catch over the said flanges when frames which engage the said mirror-frames and support them at an angle to each other, substantially as shown and described.

4. A hinge for a mirror of the construction herein described, consisting of a horizontal plate having a semicircular flange on its end and a pivot inside of the flange, the two extending in opposite directions from the said horizontal plate, and a headed pin which engages the said flange, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aflix in y signature in presence of two witnesses.

NELSON R. STREE'IER.

\Vitnesses:

W. B. GALE, (inns. O. Rnonns. 

